BY MERIT McCREA
Years ago, perhaps while underway, sometimes while drifting we’d hear a huge crash out on deck, then go check out what the heck had happened, just to discover a flying fish stunned and still, lying there.
It was a point of curiosity for sure. Somehow it was always decided to set the thing upside down on the bait tank, “wings” set straight out in flight position. Come morning the stiffened fish would be flight tested on deck, like a glider.
But in today’s fishing world, such a waste of a valuable resource would be unthinkable – the most prime big bluefin bait there is.
merit@wonews.com.
A RATHER RATTY FLYER rigged for action. Even this second-round freezer-flyer killed a triple digit bluefin tuna for us on the Game Changer this past week. These bluefin never even looked at our chummed sardines while foaming on tiny anchovy and the only popper fish hooked was snagged in the side.